Garment-supporter.



No. 688,605. Patented Deo. IIL-190|.

F. G. NETZ. GABMENT SUPPURTEB.

(Applicationled May 28, 1901,)

(No Model.)

UNITED Artnr ritiene cnamEnr-SUPPoa'rERI SPECIFICATION forming peet ofLettere Patent Ne. 688,605, dated Deee'rnbei- 1o, 190i;

Application filed May 23, 1901.

fo all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANCIS G. DIETZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residingat New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of garment-supporting devices whichare disclosed in my Patent No. 676,676, dated June 18, 1901, in which aclamp is employed for attaching the device to a corset having a hooksecured thereto and extending outwardly therefrom, the said hook beingformed with an upwardlyextending loop for the attachment of the waistLband of a shirt=waist, a downwardly-extending loop for the attachmentand support of a skirt, and an upwardly-extendin g loop for thereception of a waist-belt.

My present invention resides in the particular construction of clampwith which the supporting device is provided, the object of the samebeing to simplify and cheapen the construction of the supporting deviceas a whole and to provide novel means whereby the same may be rigidlyand securely attached to the corset.

The invention consists of a plate having a garment-supporting hooksecured thereto and bent at a point intermediate its ends to form twoinwardly-spring-pressed clamping members, each of said members beingprovided with a lug, teat, or projection, the said lugs lying in linewith each other and adapted to fit within one of the eyelets of thecorset.

The invention also consists in certain fea tures and details ofconstruction, which will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, Figure l is aperspective View of my improved supporter. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section. v

Like reference-numerals indicatelike parts in the different views.

My improved supporting device is made up of the plate l of sheet metalbent at the point 2 intermediate its ends to form the clamping members 3and el. To the clamping member 3 is rigidly secured in any suitablemanner a supportingehook 5, bent downwardly at its point of attachmentwith the member 3 to form with said member an upwardly-extending loop 6,afterward bent upwardly to form a downwardly-extending loop 7, and thenbent outwardly and downwardly to form the upwardly=extending loop 8..When in place upon the corset, the loop 6 serves as a retaining devicefor holding the shirt-waist down along the Waist-line, the loop 7 servesas a support and means of attachment for the skirt, and the loop 8serves to receive the waist-belt and to prevent the same from ridingupwardly. The bands of the shirt-waist and skirt, respectively, arepreferably pro- Vided with eyelets for the reception of the hook 5. Onthe inner surface of the clamping member 3 opposite the hook 5 is formeda lug, teat, or projection 9, and on the inner surface of the clampingmember 4 directly opposite the lug or teat 9 is a corresponding lug orteat l0. y

In applying the device to the corset ll the clamping members 3 and a ofthe plate l are placed on opposite sides of the corset, with the lugs orteats 9 and l0 fitting within one of the eyelets usually provided alongthe meeting edges of the different parts of the corset. Then thus inplace, the spring clamping members 3 and 4 serve to prevent theaccidental detachment of the lugs or teats 9 and lO from thecorset-eyelet in which they are located, and theusupporter is therebyrigidly held in place. Various garments may be attached to the hook 5 inthe manner described, and when so attached they will be held orsupported in place from the corset, thereby relieving the hips or bodyof the wearer from the weight of the same.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a garmentsupporter comprising a platebent at a point intermediate its ends to form inwardlyespringpressedclamping members, each of said clamping members having a lug or teat onits inner face, the said lugs or teats lying in line with each other andadapted to lit within a corset-eyelet,and a supporting-hook secured tosaid plateA In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presenceof two subscribing wit nesses,

FRANCIS G. DIETZ.

Witnesses:

GEO. M. HALE, JOHN H. RAYNORe

